, 1887-11-23

ma represent the prospects, Of the Canal
as hopeless. W w
London news states that Sunday passed
off quietly in Trafalgar Square. The
The winter quarters of Barnum's mena-
gerie at Bridgeport has been destroyed by
fire. The wild animals escaped, and a.
lion was shot while devouring a COW. I
President Cleveland received Mr.. Cham.
berlain on Saturday. . gp aE
display OF force 0verawed the people and
kept them moving. There were $4,000 in
the vicinity of the square, but they were
Hyde Park.
Dispatches from Paris state that M.
Rouvier was defeated on an Interpolation
respecting his domestic policy by a voteof
328 to 242. He has therefore resigned, adj.
vising President Grew to send for Nj.
C~lemenceau. Three Republican groups
agree IN the opinion that a Presidential
Crisis has not yet arrived, and that now
only the Ministry will be affected. M. Gr6vy
at midnight summoned M.Goblet, whe ask.
ed for time for consideration. 1t is under.
stood that he will to-day ask M. ClemeA.
ceau to form a Ministry. NJ. Gr6vy has in
formed M. de Freycipet that lhs<will not
resign, as he will not yield to the
present unconstitutional agitation. II, as
is expected, the difficulty in forming
u Ministry should prove insurmountable,
he will dissolve the Chamber of Deputies,
anu he will then resign after communicate
his views of the. situation of the country
through his message.
Universal surprise has been created
ny the circumstance of a suit of clothes
having been smuggled into the cell Of
Editor OBrien at Tullamore jail.
Demerara, N"vbr. 22nd.-A fire broke
out ut the Colonial Company's Plantation
Friends" on Saturday night. Rum store
ana some machinery destroyed. Estimated
loss $4,000 to $4,000, covered by insrr-
ance.
New York, Novbr. 22nd.-Tf 9 death is
announced of General Gamble.
AIVices from Paris state that M.
Clemenceau has informed President Gr6vy
that he is willing TO form a cabinet, but
added that there are other elements to be
considered besides the Ministerial question,
which cOmplicate the situation. NJ. Gr6yy
said he was willing to allow every latitude
III his choice OF ii colleague. NJ. Clemen.
ceau, i'll reply, declared that the Presidents
loyalty was undoubted, but he could add
"a last service by resigning, as his a thority
had been seriously damaged. President
Grevy animated that his refusal to resign
was not absolute, and he asked Nj. Clemen.
cedu to confer with Messienrs Fl0quet,
Goblet, and de Freycinet. After a confer.
ence, which lasted three hours, no decision
was reached. Inthe evening the conference
was renewed, but all four refused the Pre-
miership.
All a meeting of the Chamber Of Deputies,
NJ. Jollbois proposed restoring to the reo.
pie the right to elect a President. The
motion was rejected. M. Michelin then
submitted . motion proposing to abohsll
the Presidency, which was also rejected.
The Paris Municipal Council has adopted
a resolution demanding President Grevy's
resignation. Prince Napoleon has publish
ed Il letter declaring that he il willing TO
accept the Presidency.
Dispatches received in London report
that the steamer Douro, of the Douro steam
ship Coy. of Liverpool, has been wrecked
off Cape Finisterre. Is lives were lost.
Mr.. Parneil, whose mysterious disappear
a1ce recently created comment, has return
ed to London looking very i'll. he explain.
ed that he was unable to attend to politics
outside of Parliament, and criticized the
conduct of the Government in Ireland as
being likely to bring disrepute on the I'M
perial authority.